Word: plight
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...primary system in the South will hurt Black voters by leading to the election of Southern Republicans, he glosses over the fact that historically, Southern Democrats have been the most overtly racist members of the U.S power elite. Ultimately, it makes no real difference to the plight of Blacks in Mississippi if democrat John Stennis remains their senator of if some right-wing Republican oust him. Indeed, they might well be better off with the Republican. But by simplistically linking Blacks to a Democratic Party that has never adequately addressed their concerns, Hirschorn makes evident a political naivete...
...article's depiction of Asian culture is flawed, its conception of Asian society is even more fallacious. While Newsweek on Campus draws attention to "industrious" and "ambitious" Asians on American campuses, the article ignores the plight of the Chinese working in Chinatown sweatshops. While Asians are over-represented in a number of technical fields, they are also over-represented in the garment worker occupation, as well as the restaurant worker category. It is true that Asian incomes exceed the national average, yet Asians live in Pacific, Eastern, and metropolitan areas with costs of living that far exceed the national average...
...remarkable aspect of Lebanon's present plight is that for the first time in decades the U.S. is playing practically no role in trying to solve the country's problems. But the vacuum is troubling to many of Washington's traditional Arab allies, notably King Hussein. Earlier this year, Jordan drafted a United Nations resolution critical of Israeli West Bank settlements, with a text based entirely on previous U.S. statements on the subject. When the Jordanians asked the Reagan Administration to sponsor the resolution in the Security Council, or at least not to veto...
Some observers quickly suggested, however, that McGrath was just bowing before White House pressure, but he vehemently denied it. Consent decrees normally require properties to be divested before a merger takes place. McGrath defended the new decision by by pointing to the economic plight of the trouobled industry. Steel plants are operating at less than 80% of capacity, and imports have taken 26% of the domestic market...
Braniff's plight was worse than that of most U.S. airlines. Nearly all were ravaged in the late 1970s and early '80s by problems ranging from rising fuel costs to competition from upstart cut-rate carriers. Under the brash leadership of former Chairman Harding Lawrence, Braniff began to add planes and expand routes just as the economy was dropping into recession and oil prices were heading for another sharp increase...